Two Hard Drive Coolers Compared
by
Bill Lake
Table of contents
- 1. Vigor iSurf II Cooling System and Masscool's Sytrin KuFormula SHF-1
- 2. Masscool Sytrin KuFormula SHF-1
Hard disk drive coolers have been around for quite some time. The goal of these devices is to lower the temperature of your HDD or your case, to make your system and drive last longer. Both the iSurf II and Sytrin HD coolers work by placing a heat sink on the drive and blowing air over it with small fans.
Vigor iSurf II Hard Disk Drive Cooling System
The iSurf II Hard Drive Cooler wraps around your hard drive with its U-shaped design. It has an all-aluminum structure that makes contact via fins in the structure. It uses a pair of Molex-connected 40 mm fans turning at up to 4,000 RPM to cool the drive of your choice. It also has a single ultra-bright blue LED.
This cooler has the following details:
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Model | HCC-S2BL(Black) |
| Chassis Dimensions | 172 x 142 x 41.5 mm |
| Material | Aluminum |
| Fan Voltage Rating | 12 volt DC |
| Fan Dimensions | 40 x 40 x 10 mm |
| Fan speed | 4000 RPM |
| Fan Noise | 20.7 dB(A) |
| Weight | 586 g |
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Very confusing and useless review to be honest...
Slow news day?
what's the point of hard drive coolers? get a good case such as Antec p182 and just forget about hard driver coolers or the need to suspend hard drives
I've got an ultraq hot 500gb HP enterprise drive (was external usb), gets too hot to touch! However I agree with wyx, a ton of case cooling would be much preferable to these.
mount a 120mm fan in front of the hard drives. Get temps in the 30's all day :-)
I've an Antec 900 case with already 6 drives and a dvd drivie installed and I've 2 x 500GB drives waiting to go in. I for one found this useful as an extra 120mm fan is not an option for me.
not everyone wants a case the size of an office block....
not everyone runs IDE... ever wonder why 15k rpm drives look like heatsyncs?
otherside of the coin though, if the hard drive can't take its normal operting temperature, what is it doing being released to market?